We already spend all of elementary school going over the same concepts of the native Americans and colonists. We can just get rid of that and learn about foreign culture instead

I found a japanese teacher online that migrated to my country (greece) and she basicaly was breaking how the pronounciation is much closer to my native language (you know the more ''bold'' way using vowels compared to soft spoken and silent english)

And I work part time at a moving company and a cleaning crew so I have no excuse {^_^} (sounds wack for a person over 25 but )

hey man nobody can just what ur doing in ur life but u, if ur happy ur happy.

and yea japanese pronunciation is suuuuuper easy, good luck brother

Above all i feel america is an easy target

Like we have our problems but literally all the major social movements originate from here. The point is we actually talk about our s*** and bcus of the sheer numbers of minorities here we make it known (i.e BLM movement exploding last year)

Like so what white Europeans may speak two languages they still wayyyyyyy more racist than people here lmaoo

Immigrant kids living in Canada laughing in Trilingual

oui

thanks fam

Hey, I don't disagree. I probably would have thought it was weird as a kid but I would have appreciation for it now if I was taught Spanish/Spanish culture for example from elementary school on, definitely more than most of the advanced mathematics I will never use

How did you learn French? Did you learn it in an immersive environment (subject content taught entirely in French: like math, science, ect) or did you study French as a Foreign Language and your teacher taught in English?

So hungey would love some medonals rn

Canadians are underratedly linguistically diverse

Ive even met 3rd gen white italians who could actually speak italian

Nothing can make up for being a racist misanthrope

I dont think any form of education justifies it or makes it okay

I would never trust a racist doctor or lawyer even if we were raised on the same block

and europeans like myself...we are forced to learn a s*** ton of languages to be able first of all to travel and second to keep up with you evolution-wise

Almost every Canadian school gives the option for Immersion. So one day, it’ll be full English, one day it’ll be full French courses. And then in High School, you can choose whether your courses are taught in EN/FR (science, chem, gym, entrepreneurship, etc).

Since coming to Canada, my parents always put me in balanced bilingual immersion programs.

Any parents who don’t put their kids into bilingual immersion are literally telling them “look, idc if you never have a federal job or can become PM”

Idk what you’re arguing

Point is on an individual level europeans on average are more racist and xenophobic lmao

Terrible post

That's interesting. I'm studying FL acquisition (specifically English) so I always found the French immersion programs interesting, since you guys are really the only place that does it that way.

How do you feel about your ability in French? Obviously fluent, but do you feel any limitations? Like, would you be comfortable attending a French university and taking classes in French?

A lot of the research I've read suggests that immersion program students become super communicatively competent (basically able to talk with no issue to anybody) but struggle when it comes to formal grammar/writing rules, so I was curious how you felt about it in that regard.

Wow Imma mark that in my calendar

Honestly just memorizing as many words and phrases as you can goes the longest way like any language. Actually write characters down and equally practice all forms (speaking, listening, writing, reading).

Idk if you're looking to start with a class/tutor or alone but having someone around who's native will get you into their flow. Even if its a native you made friend with. Mimic them.

the only real catch about the language are tones and writing characters (both won't be big hurdles over time). Chinese does not have a lot of the s*** i find complicated about other languages like gendered words, conjugations, etc...

Def down to practice. i need to get back into it myself its been a few months. I'm advanced still tryna push to fluency. I'll prob need to spend time in China before i close that gap (Immersion is important too if possible). i can try to hit you with basic resources i might know of. lot of people on youtube have good advice too

Definitely not enough to attend university because most anglophones in a bilingual city like montreal dont even have the skills for french uni or even solely french highschool so immersion in a place like ontario, where that poster is from, usually gets people to like passive communicative level.

Ive spoken to immersion kids from Ontario in french and they speak about as well as me who for 3 years learnt independently through passive study and real life semi-immersion

You said ''europeans speak 2 more languages but are wayyyy more racist''

so I said that education has no connection to racism

plus like I JUST said no european learns a language thinking ''nice! now I can use the n** word and s*** on america'' lmaoo

most businesses inside and outside america use english branding so cause we are FORCED to learn what you were taught as toddlers we laugh at you for b****ing when you are requested to learn French / Spanish / Italian or any dialect that WILL make your lives easier

Now ur just saying stuff bro

The so called anthropologist

How??

Bro Europeans are casually racist to a level thatll surprise u

My point is that learning languages doesn’t automatically make people tolerant, there’s like 0 link because multilingualism is common in asia and europe and they sure as hell are xenophobic af over there. Diversity is the main driver of a tolerant place imo

This whole thread is just another cheap “huh huh Americans are dumb” disguised post

english the best language of all time